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II -•€ - ;; . ~ ' ■ _V ■ * ' 1 ('horns girls In “Whose Girl Are You?” nt the Majestle this week. I IN RELATION TO THE NEW FAMILY DESERTION and nonsupport LAW "Yes, we have the finest laws cover ing juvenile courts and one of the best nonsupport laws in the country,” said Judge S. T>. Murphy as he searched through great stacks of typewritten papers and dug out a copy of the new Brindley bill, as the nonsupport bill (V.as known to the legislature. And then he went on to explain the Workings of the bill and to our surprise we found it was not at all a difficult thing to understand when you get out [the "meat in the cocoanut" and get p.way from the technical terms. The nonsupport or desertion bill is patterned after the bill of William H. Baldwin, a recognized authority on the ■ubject. Under the law the probate court, which also works now as a ju venile court, becomes a court of do mestic relations. The law covering de sertion is applicable to both father land mother guilty %of neglect to pro vide for the family of children under (16 years of age. ‘ In speaking of tin? elasticity of the law, Ralph Barrow, the juvenile court clerk, makes the following very com prehensive statement: "The law is very elastic in that it departs from the narrow criminal methods and allows the offending de serter to be brought into the court on service of summons, thus preserving as 'riendly an attitude between him and he law as his attitude will allow. If In the judgment of the officer of the court the deserter will not come n, then he may bp placed on bond to ippear or be incarcerated in the usual nanner. Further, after conviction in stead of sending him to jail to work [>n the county road at the nominal sum >f 50 cents per day, the court may :ake advantage of his maximum earn ng capacity and place him on proba tion in his own home working at his >wn trade. In aggravated cases, where the de lerter would not be amenable to any ’riendly constructive methods, he may 5e sentenced to the penitentiary and he state pays the family 50 cents per 3ay for their maintenance. One of the chief weaknesses of most laws of this kind Is that there is no tvay to bring back a parent who might 5e placed on probation and who at :empted to evade its responsibilities by Social Service Department By MRS. SIDNEY M. ILLMAN i i leaving the county or state. The des titute family certainly never has money to bring him back and so protect them selves. The Brindley bill makes pro vision for the extradition of the man from a foreign county or state. The importance of the subject of nonsupport and desertion is empha sized in tfte social problems connected I with children. Juvenile delinquency and I incorrigibility are often the direct re sult of lack of proper provision in the home. Nonsupport would upon first glance seem to be a matter of private concern but when it demoralizes the home and the family becomes a public charge it can plainly be seen the offender needs the law and severe punishment. The moral effect of such a law is also great, the law becomes a deterrent for desertion and benefits in this way both the Btate and the "home. Here is a concrete example of how the new law works and its advantage over the old methods. Several years ago a man living with his family of -.. - I Formerly Griffin s Values // Predominate Though Style and Quality Are Always Maintained Here This store makes it possible for a woman to be dressed up to fashion’s requirements, yet at a reasonable cost. Late models, adaptations of the “ 'p aV," most recent Paris fashions, with the cleverness and smartness that fffi distinguish Steiger Suits—mod- 'wt\Av els of which the coats are of a new length, either fur or braid , 'ff YtSBiqgHL trimmed. Suits for “flappers,” misses’, women’s and xtra large 3J|j Box coat models, braid trimmed, full skirts, some with novel yoke II / //» $1 effects—fur trimmed Suits with ? Sffill / BIs^J l collars—semi-fitted, belted ^ ble Millinery new millinery for autumn shows an un usual range of designs, from the fascinating small turbans to the picturesque wide brim effects—some very interesting types of these our Millinery Department. [5.95, $9.95 ---- six children near Avondale, having lost his wife some months before, decided to desert the family. He left a note ad dressed to the eldest boy, then 14, which read as follows: I‘ear Son—1 tell you good-by. Put the children in the Mercy Home and you go to the reform school. Your father, and so he left them high and dry for the state to care for, the man absolutely re lieved of any responsibility whatsoever. Authorities hearing of the case investi gated. The man could no* be found, so the small children were placed in the Mercy Home and the boy sent to the East l«tke school. Possibly with some paternal feeling still left, the father after several months decid ed to visit his children at the Mercy Home. Here he was arrested by the juvenile court probation officer, who had been summoned by the matron of the home, and after an arrest was put to work on the county roads for a year and a day. A sentence he served. This was all the court could do; in fact, all that could be done, and the arrest was absolutely no aid to the family. A.n aunt in the coun try would gladly have taken them all for a small remuneration, but it could not be gotten, and except for the moral ef fect and the emphasis of the obligation on the father there was no benefit to any one. Here is where the elasticity and benefit of the new law comes In. Should that same father be sentenced under present conditions, the 50 cents per day paid by JUDGE S. D. MURPHY *••••••••••••••••«•••••••••••••••••••••••••■•••••••« the state for the upkeep of the family would go to the aunt or some person pro vided by the court to care for them, or the father, out on bond, would have to work and earn money to support the family, this money being paid direct to the court or to some guardian of the children. If the father, under any cir cumstances, decided to "skip the bond." the money from the bond will be paid as an upkeep for the family. The amount of money collected by the courts for this provision, taken for the care of the families, amounts to large sums and shows from an economic point of view the direct benefit of the desertion and nonsupport law upon the state. At the rate of 50 cents per day in the District of Columbia, In eight years there was only the compartively small expendi ture of $24,475.50, while the portion col lected by the courts from the men under suspended sentences, and given to the support of the families amounted to $267, 068.41. This is conclusive evidence of the benefit of such legislation and that It Is good business. Probably, however, the greatest asset In relation to the law is the moral effect. Poverty and neglect are a dual force that will undoubtedly create hate and dissat isfaction. The neglected, unkempt *home is the cause of endless numbers of crimes, and the last breach, desertion, be comes inevitable. It Is one of the great social evils and must be checked by social agencies. When the family Is united by the state, and the father and mother no longer estranged, now begin to build up for the mutual benefit of the home and the family, even with the arm of the law urging them on, the man takes on a new attitude of self-respect and the wom an. grateful for the release from the awful struggle and appreciative of the efTort—lends her encouragement and the reunited family become a direct source of good. With a reorganization of domestic relations, a renewed self-respect, a de sire for work Is reborn and the service of this act of the law upon the part of the state Is manifold. That the world Is beginning to recog nize Its social obligation to human be ings Is to be seen on every side, the nonsupport law Is therefore a manifcs tation of the acknowledged social obliga tion of the court to society. That its economic value Is great has been shown by the one example given and can he shown conclusively by num berless others, and there chn be no doubt that its moral value will be everlast ing. The basic principles of the new law are reorganization and co-operation. These are the backbone and sinew of the new order of soelety. The conservation of the home is the highest ideal. Through this channel comes the conservation of the child and the evolution of the good citizen. Much of the credit of this work must be given to Judge Murphy for the study and thought he has put Into It. The law Is effective and has put Alabama on a plane with states that are regarded at the topnotch In this kind or reform. And to Mr. Brindley, the author of the bill. Is due much of the success of Its pas sage. No Escape ‘ From Judge. Bridges: "Banks was -born a fool, I suppose." River: "Oh, Banks would have been one anyway." . Could Accommodate Him Robbins—I smell fresh patnt\ • Hawkins—Well, .here It ij; Robbins, U you'd' like to put your ' bn it. ■ I it easy for you to furnish your home with “Saw-Test” Furniture —It costs less at Hood & Wheeler's, too j | Rugs WASHABLE and water proof, the idea! j 1) a t h r o o m floor covering. They lie j flat on the floor : without tanking. I Various sixes and pretty patterns. Go-Carts 9 ft. x 12 ft. $7.50 A Rood sixe comfortable Go-Cart, 6 ft. X 9 S This Rocker 1 whW°°A /eaUy" h,;“vV’ak, °r 1 ^w.th ... . .... “ft $12.50 I1o.jU I Don’t Blame the Cook; She Needs a New JeweltRange The Jewel is undoubtedly the best cooking range ever built: we've sold it for years and guarantee every one absolutely. It will soon save the price of an ordinary range In fuel alone. All nliffl, nil ntyleM. $35 Up to $50 Sold on cany terniM f No Other Stores We operate only in Birmingham, having no connection with »n> of similar name, in sub urban towns. We deliver to Pratt City. Hanley* Ilenaeiner Gqvp "Fuel "ml «th" polntn by oave X Ut/1 motor truck. New Furniture for Old Don't throw or give your “old furniture" away. 1 Our “new furniture for old" iilan enable* you to «et H Its full value here In exchange for new, desirable 9 furniture. Trade the old dining or bedroom ftirni- i 3 lure for new. pretty thing*—talk tho plan over with | us. We operate a store at 2111 Second avenue, where 9 this second hand furniture i* refinished and sold I at bargain counter prices. j The Progress Comfort Hot Blast Heater Will make your j home warm and £ c o m f o rtable Don’ t subject the children to 1 colds, croup or p n e u monia 5 order this heat- i er installed to morrow. j $11.50 AND UP Other Heaters j I as low as $4.50 : j .: — Gadsden, October 9.—(Special.)—County convicts who are permitted to go home over Sunday will be treated as escapes, and those in charge of them may be Indicted, if tho next grand Jury Weds the charge which Judge J. A. Iiilbro of the city court of Gadsden expects to de liver Monday: “X believe in treating all the convicts exactly alike," he said to day. He also expects to give special, instructions regarding violation of the prohibition laws and as to the sale of narcotics. A tour of the county in behalf of the Sunday school work will be made next week by Miss Freda Xtose. field agent for1 the Alabama Sunday School associa tion. While practicing for the motorcycle race at Albertville yesterday, George Zeigler of Gadsden crashed Into a fence. Although his shoe was torn off, he was uninjured, land the machine was not damaged. The fair at Guntersvllle, which opens Tuesday, is expected to draw large crowds from Gadsden. The racing bill this year is said to be especially strong. Merchants report an increased business as tho result of the coming of cold weather, and they anticipate large sales this fall. The county board of education will meet October 15 and 16 at the office of 8. C. McDaniel, county supe> 'ntendent of education, to close contract with teachers in the rural schools. Frank 1-oftin, a white man, was held to the action of the federal grand Jury at Montgomery today on the charge of robbing the postoffice at Walnut Grove in Etowah county. The Forrest Cemetery association has been given charge of the county’s portion of the cemetery, and funds for that pur pose will be given to the association. W. 8. Small has been retained as sexton. Officers of the Forrest Highway asso ciation will meet Monday at the Cham ber of Commerce. The officers are mak ing an Inspection of the route from Rome to Birmingham. Etowah county officers ‘iii'S' Probate Judge X* L. Heraberg, Mayor W. G. Bellenger of Gadsden and Dr. J. P. Stewart, mayor of Attalla. Earl lay is secretary of the association. W. 0. McLendon stepped from a mov Ing Attalla street ear last night be tween Sixth and Seventh streets. Al though thrown a considerable distance, he was uninjured. Overlooked It From Judge. The Thin Man—For example—you re member tlie fight between David and Go Hath? * The Pat Man—T saw some of the head lines about it, but I never read the sport ing news In the papers. Best Granulated None delivered without pur chase of other goods Monday Only All purchaae* by out-of-town patron* will be packed and delivered to our depotM free of churge. \o good* whipped C. O. II.. money order or cheek mu*t accompany order. Flour UHANDAIA> WOAUAKR—None tlel ter. Ilent F«tr t aken na<l I’anlry 24-1 >1. aaek .We 12-II1. aaek .43c 111)1. to el util.*0.00 • Split Silk Flour Guaranteed lllgheMt Pnteut 24-lb. Hack.NOe O-lb. *ack . , 05c Rarrel, In cloth . |MS.:<r* liriiham Flour. <l-lb. hag .2Jk Best Cream Meal Peck.215 e ■4 liunhrl . title Hnnhel .*1.011 Potntoea— Dooley Vaiun, 1 O hllaliel Tile, peek."-OL Potatoes—Irlnb Cobbler, ORp buahel SOc, peek . 60\, --- WINN Fit COFFF.E A coffee that ennnot be equaled far lean than 2Se u II). Our prler. per lb. lise. 7 Iba. . ..••-'HI Corn Flnken, 3 paeknum .2»e Hulled Onto, 3 packuicea .23c Pont Tountlea. 3 parknicea .33c Nbreddrd Wheat. 2 pncknaett . . . .2Se Drupe-Niltn, 2 paeknurn .23c Atmnre’n Alluee Aleut. OEn « pneknpen . Atmore'n Intone AII ace OEn Meat. 2 Iba. — Special at Meat Market IPS 8. 24>th St Phone Main 144)7 I.eK of l,mnli. Ih. ..20© Shoulder of Lamb, Ih. .15© Lunih 4 hopN, lli. .25© Drea*©d Hen*, fat mid lender, lb. 20© Klh Unnsl, prime ©ut, Ih. 18c Hump Hoaat. Ih.17He Sirloin Steak, Ih.25© Hvaporatcd I'earhea, J 2 Iha. . .. lfiC Hvaporatcd Applea, Off* 3 1b*. UOK, Special Dlacount llooka $10.00 Books $9.80 1'heae hooka afford convenient ready ©halift© for pa.vIiik C. 41 II. hill* or eaali trudiiiK. * Loone Cocoa, none QA« better, Ih. OVC Sorghum Tenueanee Country H teal. ©an ..25© Gallon .4)0© Heat Cream Cheeae, Ih.241© Heat Peanut Hut ter, Ih.20© Heat 4‘reamery Hut ter, Ih.M5© Fancy Head Hlcev 3 lh*..25© 15 Iha. 91.00 SIIkMIv ©racked Rice, lb. .5© l.ooae Grit*, 8 Ih*.25© Hattie Milk, doa- 91*70, or ©an ...15© Peerlea* Milk, amall, 7 ©an*.25© Peerle** Milk, larfte, 2 ©an* .... .15© Crlaco .25©, 50©, OO© Corn—Hurt Oluey brand—Fancy* j Mtiaar corn, iloxcn 91.40, OP- \ or 2 chum. kOv Corn—\V Inin—Choice nwcet corn, doxen H5c. or 2 *| P (orn—Wooilford. l-'xtra flue— donen 91.10, cane 92.05, or IOC \ Fean—Hurt tllney— Kxtra nlfted, extra nniall lien, per rios., OA_ 1 92, or can .. aUC | Fean— Feerlcnn Hone, extra aHlrd, doxen 91.10, enne 92.75, or Op 2 cann.. UuC Fenn— Fame lirand, F.arly .lime pen*, doxen OOc, eane 91.75, or 3 . Anpnravun—t oliimliun brand, larva | tlpn, do*. 92.35, or ’20C AnpnraKUM—Deliaoute brand, larva tlpn, doxen 92.75, or Op can .g*. C Heelm—l-'auey red. dox. 31.115. 1 P- ■' cau . .i luC Cye Hominy — Stokely* — Carve 3-lli. can, do* S5c, enne $i.OO, 1P nr 2 cuhn. IOC Toma I orn—2 ||». cun. full packi dt>* eu OOc, «ane 91.75, or 1 CTj* Toma torn—3 II*. cau, full pack, do*. 91.00, cane 91.05, or O.P- j Campbell’* Annortcd Soupn, OP 5 can*.Auv [ Rex Hrnnd Fork and lleaun—Carve can, «los. OOc, or 3 cann .25c Hein* Spaalicttl. ready to nerve, do*. 91.05, or cau .. .. .Ido Wavy lleann, 2 Ibn..15a ! I,lma Hcann. 3 Ibn. .3Ba Hla<*keye Fean, 2 Ibn..15« j _ __ BRANCH STORES* Hill IvPn^PPV ■ #1 410 N. 34th St—Phon* niii ui utvi j vu# , . _ -»18l Avenue H—Phone HIM Main Store, 408 South Twentieth Street Phone Main 1467 ,aoo , otton __Phone tv. k. 38T